Operative vs Unquenched - What's the difference?
operative | unquenched |
Effectual or important.
Functional, in working order.
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
* South
Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations.
An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
A spy, secret agent, or detective.
A participant of an operation.
Not quenched
*{{quote-news, 2009, January 6, Jonathan Abrams, For Oklahoma City Thunder, Wins Don't Come, but Fans Do, New York Times
, passage=Oklahoma City's 1.2 million people had no professional sports team and the unquenched willingness to support one. }}
As adjectives the difference between operative and unquenched
is that operative is effectual or important while unquenched is not quenched.As a noun operative
is an employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.operative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He's usually in a good mood — the operative word there being "usually". Today was a disaster.
- an operative motive
- It holds in all operative principles.
- an operative dose, rule, or penalty
- operative surgery
Derived terms
* operative wordNoun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----unquenched
English
Adjective
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